HILLSBORO – Facing one of the highest-drafted pitchers in the Northwest League, the Hillsboro Hops struggled to produce at the plate, losing to the Tri-City Dust Devils 4-1 on Tuesday night despite a strong effort by starter Ryan Doran.

"Unfortunately, he's had a few of those – where he's had really good quality starts and that night we didn't do a whole lot offensively," Hillsboro manager J.R. House said.

In the bottom of the seventh inning the Hops managed to score on a fielder's choice RBI by infielder Pedro Ruiz, but registered just seven hits on the night and couldn't muster much of a comeback effort.